what is unemployment? explain the types of unemployment? and write the ill effect of unemployment.
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What Is Unemployment?
Unemployment represents the number of people in the work force who want to work but do not have a job. It is generally stated as a percentage and calculated by dividing the number of people who are unemployed by the total work force.
The work force is made up of those people who want to work; it excludes people who are retired, disabled, and able to work but not currently looking for a position; for instance, they may be taking care of children or going to college.
Causes of Unemployment
The government defines those who want to work as people who have actively looked for work within the past four weeks and determines the number of people currently unemployed through a monthly survey called the Current Population Survey.
People can be unemployed for many reasons:
They quit their position and are looking for a new one.
They were laid off due to lack of work and haven't yet been rehired.
Their company reduced the work force, and they are seeking a new position. This can be due to a local condition, when the company closes a plant or division, or a national condition, when the economy slows and many companies reduce their work force.
They have recently returned to the work force - perhaps from pregnancy or attending school - and haven't yet located a position.
The need for their skill set has gone down, and there are limited positions available, which may lead to unemployment until they train for a new position.
Technology has reduced the need for their type of position.
Types of unemployment - (1) Disguised unemployment
(2) Seasonal unemployment
The ill effects of unemployment are:-
(1) It leads to wastage of manpower resource.
(2) It tends to increase economic overload.
(3) Increase in unemployment is an indicator of a depressed economy.
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